Čau všem,
Tuesday was a busy day. We got up and got on a train to Plzen for district council. It was one of the most spiritual district councils I have had on my mission. Everyone shared their conversion stories and the spirit was so strong. We grew a lot closer as a district. Then we went to lunch and they took 40 minutes to bring our food, so we ate it in 5 minutes and practically ran to the train station to catch a train home. Then we had a wonderful lesson with Andrea. Afterwards, Jirka came to English with us. We taught the conversational class this week which was fun!
Wednesday we got on another train to go to Prague for Progressive training. I learned a lot more about the history of the mission. The first missionary, Thomas Biesinger came here in 1884. On July 24, 1929 the Czech Republic was dedicated for the preaching of the gospel by President Nelson at Karlštejn. In 1933, the Book of Mormon was translated into Czech. Wallace Toronto was the first mission President and had to evacuate the mission for World War II from 1939-1945. On May 15, 2016 the first stake in the Czech Republic was dedicated by President Uchdorf. Now, we are working towards a second stake and a temple. The history here is so rich and so many people have sacrificed so much for religion. The members here are truly amazing. After training, we came home and ran into our neighbor on the 3rd floor. We asked her if we could bring her something and she accepted. So, we brought her some muffins we made and she gave us a tour of her house and showed us all her family pictures and her husband's ashes. We talked about how families can be together forever and she believes that. She is such a sweet lady. She kept trying to give us little gifts and we ended up with some wafer cookies and jam. She said she felt that there was something different and special about us. I'm glad that she was able to feel the Holy Ghost. I hope we can keep bringing her joy and teach her the gospel.
Thursday we had a normal day. We did our studies and then went to visit Věra. We shared a thought and then we went and talked to some people on a busy street. We met a miracle. One woman we talked to used to have the missionaries come by all the time, but then she moved to Germany and she just moved back. We gave her information about church and she gave us her address so that we can go visit her. The cool thing was... on this busy road out of all the people we could have talked to, I looked up and saw her. Sister Draper saw her too and without saying anything to each other, we knew we had to talk to her. The spirit really guides us to the people we need to talk to. We then taught Jirka the plan of salvation and he accepted it and said he knew it was true. He has been keeping our commitments and is progressing well. It is exciting to watch. Then we came home and did weekly planning, companion inventory and device audits.
Friday we did all of our studies in the morning. Then we packed and got on a train to go to Prague. Well, there was an accident on the track, so we had to get onto another train, then a bus, and then back onto another train to get there. However, we did meet a super nice lady who helped us figure out where we needed to go. We got her number and are going to meet up with her next week. From Prague, we took the metro to a bus station and then took a bus to Liberec. It was a total of 6 hours of traveling. Crazy. But, we made it. We crashed at the Jone's house with the Plzen sisters for the night.
Saturday we took part in the Walace Toronto Service project. He was the first mission President and we do the project in remembrance of him. There were 4 different stations of service. For our station, we literally took out a forest. We pulled out trees and branches and vines. We placed them all in a pile and by the end, the pile was as big as a house. I don't know how they are going to get rid of that huge pile of trees. We cleared out the forest so that it can be made into a playground for kids. If there is one thing I can say about Czechs, it is that they know how to work! Even little kids were dragging branches for hours. They gave us a tea break because the weather was a little rainy and cold and they fed us fried chicken and potatoe salad for lunch. Afterwards, we met met up with everyone and I got to see my friends from Třebič. Then we drove home with the Glassers and it only took us 3 hrs to get home. We finished the day by having correlation with our branch President.
Sunday was busy we went early to church to meet Gita. We visited with her and got things ready for church. Sister Draper gave a talk about the Holy ghost and I translated. We had 3 people we are teaching at church. However, after church was very frustrating because there was a returning member giving the people we are teaching anti material and there was a whole big debate that went down. It was horrible. For some reason, Czechs really like to debate. After church we had a lesson with Mengmeng and Daquan and we talked about the holy ghost. We discussed how they can recognize the holy ghost and receive answers to their prayers. It was a good lesson.
Today we went to Česky Krumlov and the Dransfields came up to visit. It was a lot of fun!
Love you all,
Sestra Guymon
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